Firefox Extensions
Here is a listing of Firefox extensions that can greatly improve the way that you use and view the Internet. Not all of the Firefox extensions listed here were made for accessibility purposes, but they are all helpful in one way or another for those who may have specific needs in how web content is presented to them and how they interact with it.
All of the extensions listed are easy to install, learn, and use, and we've provided brief guides to introduce you to them that contains screen shots and links to download pages and other related resources.
Fire Vox
Screen reader talking browser extension for Firefox.
Introduction and links
Accessibar
Toolbar for customizing the appearance of web pages plus it has an intergrated screen reader.
Introduction and links
Page Zoom Buttons
Toolbar buttons to control the full page zoom feature in Firefox 3,
and for enlarging/reducing the text size in Firefox 2.
Introduction and links
CLiCk, Speak
Text to speech extension at the touch of a button for Firefox.
Introduction and links
Web Developer
Here is an excellent extension that is not just for developers.
Web Developer has over 150 helpful tools to use with Firefox.
Introduction and Links
Firefox Accessibility Extension
More than 55 different accessibility tools to aid in web page
navigation and use.
Introduction and links
Mouse Gestures
Manual mouse movements that replace most keyboard functions.
Introduction and links
Auto Slideshow
Displays even the smallest of images on a web page in slide show
format.
Introduction and links
Colorful Tabs
Extension that marks each Firefox tab with a different color for easier tab identification.
Introduction and links
Page Zoom
Full page zoom for Firefox 2.
Introduction and links
Popup Sounds
Extension that plays sounds for 3 different browser events.
Introduction and links
Miscellaneous:
IE Tab
View web pages designed for Internet Explorer only inside of Firefox
tabs. This extension is currently incompatible with most screen readers.
An option to try is IE View
which can launch Internet Explorer from Firefox.
Introduction and links
DragNDrop Toolbars
Gives the ability to rearrange the toolbars in Firefox.
Useful for when using multiple accessibility toolbars.
Introduction and links
